ROUSSETTE

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A fruit bat, especially the large species (Pieropus vulgaris) inhabiting the islands of the Indian ocean. It measures about a yard across the expanded wings.

2.
n.

Any small shark of the genus Scyllium; -- called also dogfish. See Dogfish.


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